埃及金字塔的英文介绍

古埃及金字塔是奴隶制帝王的陵墓，最宏大的当为吉萨三座大金字塔。塔基呈方形，每边长230米，高146米，用230余万块巨石(每块平均重达2.5吨)垒成，国王墓室用一块400吨重的石板垒成。整体规模雄伟壮观，设计科学，构造复杂，历时30年建成。古希腊时即被称为世界七大奇迹之一，1980年列入世界遗产名录。
built 4,000 years ago, the three great pyramids at giza, in the egyptian desert remain the most colossal1 buildings ever constructed.

the pyramids were built by egyptians under the orders of the egyptian leader, whose title was pharaoh2. there was a sequence of pharaohs culminating3 around 2615 b.c., with the pharaoh cheops who built the biggest thing ever built, the great pyramid, also known as khufu. cheops built a pyramid 770 feet on one side and 481 feet tall. how ancient builders managed to build these massive structures has never been fully answered but the effort clearly required brains and brawn4.

was there engineering genius involved? yes, there was. for example, when you're putting the b lock right at the top, how are you going to lug5 a block of stone that weighs several tons 480 fee t